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Crisis In Landscape Representation, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Crisis In Landscape Representation, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Landscape Architecture
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Reformulating Urban Landscapes: Figure-Ground Maps, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Reformulating Urban Landscapes: Figure-Ground Maps, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Landscape Architecture
A type of map traditionally used in the analysis of urban form is figure‐ground, a drawing that traditionally depicts the buildings as figures against a visually contrasting ground. It finds certain antecedents in Gestalt psychology, as both drawings rely on the perceptible difference between figure and ground. However an unwanted extrapolation from Gestalt is the imposition of hierarchies, indispensable for visual segregation of figure and ground, but detrimental for the potential of figure‐ground as mapping. Mapping is a creative and cognitive activity, ruled by processes of selection and schematization. The potential of the figure‐ground map to reveal new relationships and …
Superficies And Surfaces, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Superficies And Surfaces, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Landscape Architecture
No abstract provided.
Some Thoughts Concerning Fountains, Gary C. Dwyer
Some Thoughts Concerning Fountains, Gary C. Dwyer
Landscape Architecture
No abstract provided.
Cinematic Representation: Jardín El Carmen, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Cinematic Representation: Jardín El Carmen, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Landscape Architecture
No abstract provided.
Social Choreography: Architecture Or Landscape?, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Social Choreography: Architecture Or Landscape?, Cesar Torres Bustamante
Landscape Architecture
No abstract provided.